Mine detail: Kinkaid Prospect

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Location: Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.90592, -81.72066
dep_id: 10078674
mrds_id: W027137
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite, Beryllium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
work_type: Surface
alteration: Sericitization Of Host Rock
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W.
Structure: Northeastward Striking Faults, Schistosity And Trend Of Different Lithologies, Schistosity Striking Northeastward
tectonic: East Side Blue Ridge Province.
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: AVERY, PETER, 1967 ORAL COMMUN.
  • Deposit:: REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD MAP GQ - 242
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT IN COLLETTSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1967 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN
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